PEEFACE 



This work is intended to give brief and practical 

 farming suggestions that will be helpful in the 

 growing and using of forage crops. Special atten- 

 tion has been given to soiling crops and to rota- 

 tions, in order to suggest a continuous supply of 

 forage throughout the growing season, a subject 

 of increasing importance to dairy farmers in the 

 vicinity of large cities. 



These suggestions for both crops and rotations 

 have been found to be satisfactory in practice, but 

 the work must be carefully planned if it is to prove 

 successful. The systems of forage- crop rotations 

 here outlined are intensive, and to secure the full 

 benefits from their adoption the cropping must be 

 accompanied by liberal use of manures and fertil- 

 izers and by extra good tillage. 



The suggested improvements in the systems of 

 rotation for general farm practice, where grain 

 crops are the chief object, have also been found to 

 be practicable for many conditions, although they 



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